Nuclear Reactors
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Devices containing fissionable material in sufficient quantity and so arranged as to be capable of maintaining a controlled, self-sustaining NUCLEAR FISSION chain reaction. They are also known as atomic piles, atomic reactors, fission reactors, and nuclear piles, although such names are deprecated. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D009688
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.710.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Nuclear Reactors- Nuclear Reactors
- Nuclear Reactor
- Reactor, Nuclear
- Reactors, Nuclear
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Jost DT, G?ggeler HW, Baltensperger U, Zinder B, Haller P. Chernobyl fallout in size-fractionated aerosol. Nature. 1986 Nov 6-12; 324(6092):22-3.